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[QUOTE="ConnachtRambler, post: 243605, member: 11020"] It was in May that we finally decided to attempt the Via de la Plata, with a start date in September. I was reluctant to announce it too publicly as there are too many imponderables when you get to my age. Now that we have 14 days walking behind us I feel more comfortable in announcing our ambitions. Family commitments suggested August 26 as the best day to fly out of Ireland and we arrived in Seville that day. I had been watching the temperatures and we decided that our respective doctors would have thought us mad if we attempted the 29km stage three, ending uphill, in 36C. We opted to start our Camino in Almaden de la Plata. We were able to catch the 18:30 bus from Seville to Almaden on August 27 and started walking the following morning. Bus times vary at weekends and are an hour earlier after September 1. In Seville we stayed in Hotel Simon (highly recommended) and were able to pick up a copy of the local amigos guide to the VdlP. This is proving invaluable although it was published in 2010 and things are changing. We stopped a day in Merida to celebrate a significant anniversary and have now reached Caceres. Those of you have walked the VdlP will know that at this rate it will be well into October before we reach Santiago - October 20 is our target date. I am surprised at the number of peregrinos on the VdlP - numbers are low but not as low as I had expected. There are many cyclists but on our first day we were passed by seven walkers, including Kevin from Melbourne who has contributed to this Forum. From then on the numbers have varied. We were alone in the wonderful Parroquial de Monesterio; 17 tried to check in at Albergue Annalena in Aljucen and beds were found for 15; all 12 beds were taken in the monastery in Alcuescar; we were on our own again in Aldea del Cano; nine of the 14 beds were taken in Valdesalor, and tonight it is hard to say as there are so many different rooms in Albergue Las Veletas where we are staying. There does seem to be a fair number of Peregrinos in Caceres at present, judging by the number of people with that "my legs have had enough for today" look about them. We enjoyed the company of the two Canadians, Matthew and Vanessa, staying in the albergue last night. Matthew is carrying his guitar and this morning at about 8:00 we were beautifully entertained by [url]http://www.matthewmutch.com[/url] singing his own composition, a love song of the Camino. Anyone starting from Seville before mid-September will almost certainly pass us, so watch out for the "elderly Irish couple" - I am sure that is how others refer to us ☺. [/QUOTE]
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